Dr. Sean Scott
Dr. Sean Scott
Associate Teaching Professor of History
Social Studies Department Head
Ph.D. – Purdue University
M.A. – Ball State University
Curriculum Vitae
Office: WA 149
Phone: 765-285-7406
E-mail: seanscott
Dr. Sean A. Scott joined the Academy history faculty in August 2015. He earned a Ph.D. in history from Purdue University in 2008. Since receiving his doctorate he taught history at Ouachita Baptist University and American studies at Christopher Newport University. He also served as an assistant editor with the Papers of Abraham Lincoln project, conducting research at the National Archives. A specialist in the study of religion during the Civil War era, he has authored A Visitation of God: Northern Civilians Interpret the Civil War (Oxford University Press, 2011) and several peer-reviewed articles in scholarly journals.